Jimmy Kaczmarek, ‘13 chemical engineering, was recently selected as a finalist for the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship funded by Bill and Melinda Gates through the Gates Cambridge Trust. Last spring, he was named a Goldwater Scholarship honorable mention, a national recognition for undergraduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. He was also chosen to receive the 2013 Edgar C. Gentle III award, a recognition given to the top graduate student in Auburn’s Honors College. Kaczmarek conducted research under the direction of Mark Byrne, Breeden associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering. He graduated in May, and will begin his doctoral studies in chemical engineering at MIT this fall. Of all the nation’s public universities, only four — Auburn, UC-Berkeley, UCLA and Rutgers — can claim two finalists per institution this year. Paul Bergen, a 2012 finalist who graduated in microbiology and German, was also selected.

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